 NLGJA's Excellence in Journalism Awards were established in
1993 to foster, recognize and reward excellence in journalism
on issues related to the LGBT community. In addition to Journalist
of the Year, awards are presented for HIV/AIDS coverage, written
news, written feature, written opinion/editorial, radio, television,
photojournalism, new media, LGBT media and student journalism.
Click
here for a full
listing of NLGJA's
2006 Excellence in
Journalism Awards winners,
as well as links to
many of their winning pieces.
NLGJA's
LGBT Journalists Hall of
Fame
 Established
in 2005 as part
of NLGJA's 15th
anniversary celebration, the
LGBT Journalists
Hall of Fame honors
individuals who
made exemplary contributions through their careers to
NLGJA's mission
of
promoting fair
and accurate coverage
of issues affecting the
LGBT community.
Seven
individuals were
inducted into the
LGBT Journalists
Hall of Fame in
its inaugural year.
Late writer, educator
and documentary film
maker Marlon Riggs
become the eighth
inductee during the 2006 Excellence in Journalism Awards
& Hall of Fame Ceremony.
Click here to
learn more about
Marlon Riggs, and
click here to visit
NLGJA's LGBT Journalists
Hall of Fame on
the Web.
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Awards
Sponsors
Jim
Duggins, Ph.D
John Seigenthaler
Dinner
Sponsors
The
Palmer House Hilton & the Hilton Family
Presenters
Dina
Bair, WGN Television
Bill
Daley, Chicago Tribune
Geoff
Dankert, NLGJA Vice President for
Broadcast, WFLD-TV Chicago
Amy
Dickinson, Chicago Tribune
Patick
Elwood, Fox News Chicago
Steven
Gray, NLGJA National Board
Member, Wall Street Journal
Tamron
Hall, Fox News Chicago
Eric
Hegedus, NLGJA National President,
New York Post
Mary
Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times
Alex
Perez, NBC-5 Chicago
Dean
Richards, WGN Televison & Radio
Kevin
Roy, ABC-7 Chicago
Gregg Shapiro, Chicago Free Press
Rick
Stuckey, NLGJA
Chicago Chapter President,
Fox News Chicago
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